1. Sir Robert Ludwig Mond, FRS, FRSE was a British chemist and archaeologist.
14 Facts About Robert Mond
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Robert Mond was educated at Cheltenham College, Peterhouse, Cambridge, Zurich Polytechnic, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow.
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Robert Mond collaborated with his father in the discovery of the gaseous compound nickel carbonyl.
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Robert Mond perfected the industrial production of iron carbonyl, and discovered the first derivative of a metallic carbonyl and a new ruthenium carbonyl.
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Robert Mond then took an interest in the archaeology of Ancient Egypt and worked with some of the major archaeologists of the time, including Percy Newberry, Howard Carter, Arthur Weigall and Alan Gardiner.
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Robert Mond performed archaeological work in Palestine, France and the Channel Islands and assisted in the foundation of a British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
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Robert Mond took an interest in model soldiers building up a collection of 900 figures representing all the regiments in Napoleon's army.
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Robert Mond helped convert a house in Paris into the Maison de la Chimie which supported the work of chemistry in France and he was a benefactor of the British Institute in Paris.
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Robert Mond made large donations to the universities of Liverpool, Manchester and Toronto.
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Robert Mond received numerous honours including the honorary degrees of LL.
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Robert Mond was made president of the Faraday Society and was awarded the Messel medal of the Society of Chemical Industry.
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Robert Mond was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Robert Mond was elected president of the Societe de Chimie.
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Robert Mond died in Paris and was cremated at the Pere Lachaise Crematorium and his ashes were buried at his home at Belle-Ile-en-Terre in Brittany.